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Photos: 'No Kings' Protests Across the Country

NPR | By Meredith Nierman

Published March 28, 2026 at 5:59 PM EDT

In large cities and small towns across the country, millions took to the streets today in protest against the policies of President Trump and his administration.

Organized by "No Kings," a network of progressive groups opposed to the administration's agenda, the protests are the third wave of demonstrations since the President took office for a second term. Last year, millions attended protests in June and again in October.

Crowds assemble at the Embarcadero in San Francisco prior to the start of the protest.

Thousands of community members marched in the flagship "No Kings" protest in St. Paul.

Thousands sign a banner in Hartford at the Capitol that says "We the People."

Protesters hold signs and chant slogans in Driggs, Idaho.

Demonstrators gather while holding signs near a roadside in Shelbyville, Kentucky.

Demonstrators walk across the Memorial Bridge from Arlington, Virginia into Washington, DC.

Demonstrators march down 7th Avenue and Broadway in Manhattan.

Ken MacDonald tears up in Hartford as he listens to a speech about the plight of his fellow veterans.

A large crowd marches across the South First bridge toward a gathering at Auditorium Shores in Austin, Texas.

Lindsay Holliday waves an American flag in Rosa Parks Square in Macon, Georgia.

Protestors march across an overpass near the Georgia state Capitol building in Atlanta.

Kat Carves works on a ice sculpture that says 'End Ice' ahead of the rally on the Boston Common in Boston.

Protesters hold a banner reading "End the wars, stop ICE, general strike" at Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco.

Maria Perry, left, and John Stock, right, joined protesters gathering in Mill Creek Park in Kansas City, Missouri.

Demonstrators in costumes stand along the National Mall in Washington, DC.

Protestors listens as speakers address the crowd gathered in Richmond, Virginia.

Protesters descend on Times Square in New York City.

Demonstrators begin to march from the Western Sculpture Garden at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.

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